Auction
The auction is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year; the money we raise becomes a significant part of our operating budget, helping keep the lights on, pay our staff, fund our social justice programs, and support our religious exploration program. More importantly, the auction is a fun and festive social event that has become a beloved part of our congregational life. Our team of dedicated auction volunteers makes the event unique and exciting, with a new theme each year.
Contact
Janet Bear
Anne Majsak
Board of Trustees
Our board is elected by the congregation at our annual meeting. It is an important part of our governance process and regularly reports issues and decisions to the congregation.
Contact
Terri Kung (Chair)
Christine Haran (Vice Chair)
Chris Kortlandt (Treasurer)
Eileen Macholl (Secretary)
Gail Johnston
Rachel Diamond
Mohammed Loutfy
Tracy Breneman
Rev. Danielle Lindstrom
Building and Grounds
This committee is responsible for the evaluation and maintenance of our buildings and property. It tracks the lifecycle of equipment such as furnaces, windows, so expenses can be anticipated and planned.
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Tim Lynch
Caring & Sharing Circle
This group provides support to members in times of crisis. These services can include transportation to doctor’s appointments, hospital/home visits, or greeting and serving refreshments at memorial services.
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Julie Gans
CUUC Choir
Our choir members bring their talents and joy to worship services and concerts throughout the year. The Music at CUUC concert series has been going strong for two decades.
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Lisa Meyer
Committee on Ministry
This committee conducts periodic evaluations of topics important to helping CUUC fulfill its mission, sharing its conclusions and recommendations with the Board of Trustees and minister, as well as addressing – in a confidential manner – issues or conflicts concerning congregants brought its attention.
Contact
Stephen Bear, Chair
COVID Safety
This committee monitors developments in the public health threat posed by COVID, and updates CUUC policies for in-person gatherings in response.
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Christian Force
Finance Committee
This committee provides general oversight of the finances of CUUC, investment of the congregation’s funds, input on the annual operating budget, and review of insurance matters as required.
Contact
Drew Swiss
Greeting
Our greeters are the smiling faces welcoming people when they come to our services and helping them get connected to CUUC.
Contact
Jane Dixon
Kitchen Crew/Meals for HOPE
Steve and Scott have led this important team for several years, and helped put our congregation’s mission into action. The Meals for HOPE team prepares meal trays for HOPE Community Services, Open Arms shelter, and others, and the kitchen crew helps organize CUUC’s community meal events. The team offers everyone the opportunity to volunteer and serve the community both within and without our walls.
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Steve Miller
Scott Damashek
Membership
Welcoming new people and following up after they visit are important ways we share our ministry of welcome and invite others into the connection of our community. This committee offers newcomers a Path to Membership, and opportunities to engage and connect with CUUC on many levels.
Contact
Mary Cavallero
Memorial Garden
The Jule Brown Sibley Memorial Garden is located on the hill north of the sanctuary. The garden and space was created to remember CUUC congregants who have passed and provide a place to inter congregant ashes. The garden contains a sculpture titled “Roots Hold Me Close, Wings Set Me Free” created by Elise Gray. Using funds generated from interment fees, the memorial garden is maintained by volunteers. They plant flowers and groundcovers that evolved in this region to support our local wildlife.
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Eileen Macholl
Cynthia Roberts
Music Committee
The ministerial and music professionals on this committee select hymns to complement the weekly service themes. They work with the choir director and Kim Force on this effort.
Contact
Janet Bear
Adam Kent
Nominating and Leadership Development Committee
This committee’s annual task is developing a slate of candidates for the Board of Trustees. It also consults with the Board chair on filling its own open positions and on leadership development plans for the congregation.
Contact
Mary Cavallero
PlaceKeepers
The CUUC PlaceKeepers have tended the forest understory on our grounds for more than three decades. The first Saturday of every month they invite everyone to join them in appreciating, enjoying, and caring for our lands. You can stoll the grounds, observe the wildlife, adopt a stretch of our path network to tend, undertake a Citizen Science project, or help us prepare the PlaceKeeping curriculum and activities for our Religious Exploration program students.
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Bice Wilson
Reconciliation Support Team
Reconciliation refers to the process of restoring or transforming relationships, acknowledging and affirming our interconnectedness as we honor the responsibilities that come with participating in intentional community. We believe that it is possible to call each other more deeply into relationship without being punitive. A reconciliation approach affirms our commitment to being with each other in ways that affirm curiosity, liberation, and relationship, and centers the voices and experiences of those with historically marginalized identities as we aspire to live more fully into the values of our faith. Further, it is our aspiration that challenges to privilege or the status quo in our systems and culture be understood not as harm to the community, rather as an invitation for dialogue and deeper understanding. The Reconciliation Support Team provides guidance and support for individuals and groups within the congregation when there is discord, with the goal of generating constructive and satisfactory outcomes for those involved and for the larger congregational community.
Contact
Steven Bear, Chair
Religious Exploration Collaborative (REC)
The Religious Exploration Council organizes programs to prepare congregants of all ages to engage with the world as loving, curious, courageous individuals of conscience, living into our Unitarian Universalist values. We also nurture multigenerational community and connections.
Contact
Tracy Breneman, cuucwptracy@gmail.com
Rentals
Rentals help us support the needs of our community and provide income to fund CUUC programs. Our longtime renters include the Montessori Garden nursery school, Westchester Community for Humanistic Judaism, and Hoff-Barthelson Music School. More recently, we have provided space for the New Westchester Symphony and the Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse concert series. Our building space and ample parking lot are also ideal for short or long-term film and television projects shooting in the area. We have served as a basecamp for production teams working with Apple TV, Netflix, and Amazon, among others.
Contact
info@cucwp.org, 914-946-1660 x2,
Science and Spirituality Group
The group’s goal is to provide a place for science and spirituality lovers to have stimulating discussions and explore the connection of our broadening scientific understanding and a deepening of our sense of awe and wonder at what we discover about the universe around and within us.
Contact
Norm Handelman, Barbara Mair
Tech Team Worship Support
The tech team provides A/V and remote streaming support for CUUC worship services, enabling us to use rich media as part of our worship, and provide access to those unable to attend in person.
Contact
Anthony Russell
Christian Force
Ushering
The ushering group takes turns readying the sanctuary for worship each Sunday, facilitating services as needed, and closing up afterward. Through this work, the group hopes to “aid one another in our spiritual growth.”
Contact
Karen Leahy
